Eric Snider
Eric Snider is the dean of Bay area music critics. He started in the early 1980s as one of the founding members of Music magazine, a free bi-monthly. He was the pop music critic for the then-St. Petersburg Times from ‘87-’93. Snider was the music critic, arts editor and senior editor of Weekly Planet/Creative Loafing from 1996-2009. Over the years, he has written for a variety of national publications.
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Bag Ladies
Pursemakers Orel Edry and Katy Alderman
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The Wolves Survive
On the heels of one of its best releases, Los Lobos endure as a group whose music matters
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Comparison Shopping
Are supermarkets really pricier in the ‘hood?
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Kim Berfield vs. Charlie Justice
Florida Senate District 16
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A Rose is Still a Rose
Guns N’ Roses rock the Forum well into the night.
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Brother Man
A rejuvenated Gregg Allman talks about Duane, the Allman Brothers and his new band.
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A Prince of a compilation
A two-disc reissue of The Artist; plus, the original Beck.
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Blind Faith
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Avant Indie
Matthew Shipp searches for the “common energetic unit.”
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Lingering brilliance
From Weather Report to “Let it Rain”
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The Town and the City
Los Lobos
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Real smooth
Clearwater Jazz Holiday